I love the mystery on that one cake. I are they having or halving a baby? Just what did they mean to spell? (there was that story in the bible about the two mothers with a claim to a baby...the king(?) proposed to cut in in half so they could share it (thus revealing the true mother who wouldn't want her baby harmed and forfeited her rights to it). Wait, this is the 21st century? they can't possibly mean THAT....unless they're in China....

But what kind of name is "Smitch"? It sounds male, in which case I hope "you're pregnant" is meant loosely (i.e., "I'm pregnant by you"), much as I hate ambiguous grammar. And if Smitch is a woman and literally pregnant, then is the cake sender telling her what she already knows or...?

And what we know is that those cake wreckers are probably capable of breeding more of the same. This is one of the scariest web sites in America. Can we get the secretary of HEW on your mailing list - or whatever clown is concerned with "education". And yours is the first site I open every morning. Puzzling myself.

ok, why is someone giving Monica a cake saying that they're having a baby? was there an occasion for cake besides this? are they roommates? wtf?

also, I wonder if Smitch's cake was given to her by her doctor. Wouldn't Smitch know she's pregnant? Is Smitch even human? Are we celebrating a canine pregnancy? though I must admit, a cake pregnancy test is a lot more fun than peeing on a stick. what a nice doctor, to do it with cake. Gotta wonder about "Smitch"though. First name? last name? what gives?

LOL @Joel. In the US, knocking someone up is to get them pregnant out of wedlock (where DID that expression come from?) But thank you for telling us the UK version of the phrase! THAT makes more sense :)

wv: kegasis. When your sister throws you a party. With lots of beer. and hopefully no one gets knocked up. either that or a flying mythological beast that brings beer to parties. or an affliction I don't want to know about.

First of all, Monica is my little sister who has an amazing sense of humor so I figured the best way to tell her I was pregnant was with a Dairy Queen ice cream cake (which is a running joke for us). I flew in from to our hometown and on the way to our house, I stopped to pick up the cake.

Our local Dairy Queen was manned by 4 teenagers who thought I was weird, but told me 10 min for the writing. 40 min later, I had to check on the cake and by then I didn't feel good (middle of the summer and morning sickness) and thought it only added to the charm of how I was going to inform my sister I was having a baby.

When she saw that cake, it was one of the best moments of my life. She thought it was a joke (which we often play on each other) until I pulled out the ultrasound pictures. Thank you for laughing at our cake as we did and feel free to use this method to tell all of your loved ones you're haveing a baby. :)

Great use of "you're" on the 'Smitch' cake. If only they had put in a second 'n' and left off the yellow in the border...

Alas, the letter shortage extends to 'g'. Since that spelling of 'preggo' has now been 'mainstreamed', a whole new way to break the news comes to mind: Tie pink and blue ribbons on a jar of spaghetti sauce!

The letter shortage nearly included 'm'. No subliminal message there, no way.

Whoa, whoa. Excuse me! Those last sentences were full of tense expectation. Really, don't tease like that; I think I almost sucked in a lung 4 times. Meh, tell us for real (when are you going to have a bun in the oven? Hmm? HMM!? :) Don't worry, we won't get all demanding on you...just sayin': http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/04/cinnamon-swirl-buns-so-much-news/ )

Need to be anon so my friends don't find out but hate anon button
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That's hilarious, especially since we are announcing that I am pregnant to our families this week :D I am also wondering how the "Smitch" missed the fact that she was pregnant and needed a cake to find out?? I wish I was symptoms free like that...

Lol she's prego.. mmmm she's a yummy spaghetti sauce. I bet that she didn't know that either. Oh man did I laugh til I cried when I saw that first one. That would be one way to give your significant other heart failure.. At least they didn't put a pee stick on it this time.. bleah!

Yes, telling someone they are pregnant (or, in this case, Pregant) on their birthday is just a wonderful gift. Especially if they don't know.What are they doing to the baby? Teaching it how to spell incorrectly, that's what they're doing. I understand kids memember things from the womb, and this is not a good influence. Especially if they become wreckerators.

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